Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 191

Fingers crossed Wallis is just worrying over nothing.

We’ve plunged into the weekend amidst all the hustle and bustle.

Since I had fallen behind on work for a while, I stuck to my guns and chose to work overtime, as usual.

But halfway through, I got this urgent call out of the blue.

“Are you Jason’s next of kin? Please come to the city hospital right away.”

My heart skipped a beat when I heard that question, and I blurted out, “What’s happened to Jason?

“He’s got a leg injury, and he can barely make heads or tails of what he’s saying. What are your doing still standing there? Get over here, pronto!”

Leg injury? My mind went blank at those words; without hanging around, I bolted from my office.

An hour later, I saw Jason at the ER, whose leg was all wrapped up in bandages.

sat there with a face that had aged a decade overnight, and looked lost. Dark circles under his eyes almost told that he hadn’t slept a wink, and his eyes were all panic and

yet, he was the

that, I felt my nose tingled, and I nearly

Jason looked confused and tried to get up, using the

heartache, and

me nervously and cautiously mumbled,

was obviously hiding something.

us; she gave me the once–over, and said, “You’re the patient’s family, huh?

quickly apologized, and only after learning that the heavy object hadn’t damaged his bones did

Jason is a security guard. How on earth did he end up getting stabbed in the leg with glass?

I asked him, Jason hemmed and hawed.

sour feeling inside, and my tone got a bit harsher, “Are you keeping something from me?”

about to spill the beans, a piercing and somewhat tacky

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voice, I’d